Initially, at the time ElectraMeccanica was founded in 2015, the concept of a three-wheeled small electric car was intended to take the form of implementing an existing project.

Co-founder Jerry Kroll was then considering restoring the former American Myers Motors NmG model, to which he had purchased the rights, to production.

[2][3] The Solo took the form of a three-wheeler with one pair of doors and a slim body that tapered towards the rear unicycle.

[10] The company offered to buy vehicles from buyers, responding to previously reported defects that could become difficult to service over time.

[12] The company plans to enter the European and UK markets with a more advanced model called the SoloGT, which will be manufactured at a plant in Spain.